The Boy Travellers in Mexico Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Northern and Central Mexico, Campeachey, and Yucatan, With a Description of the Republics of Central America and of the Nicaragua Canal

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POTTERY AND HAMMOCK MARKETS.--HAMMOCKS IN YUCATAN; THEIR GENERAL USE FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES.--YUCATEO SALUTATIONS.--AN AWKWARD SITUATION.--FASHIONABLE, MESTIZO, AND INDIAN BALLS.-- CHARACTERISTIC INDIAN DANCES.--WORSHIP OF THE SUN AMONG THE ANCIENT YUCATEOS.--NATIVE MUSIC.--ZOPILOTE DANCE.--VISIT TO A HENEQUIN HACIENDA.--THE VOLAN COCHÉ.--A VEHICLE OF THE COUNTRY.--A RACE AND HOW IT ENDED.--ARRIVAL AT THE HACIENDA.-- THE SCRAPING AND BALING MACHINERY.--STARTING A PLANTATION.-- PRICE OF THE FIBRE IN THE MARKET.--"NO MONEY IN THE BUSINESS."--FIBRE-FACTORIES IN YUCATAN.--HOW THE OWNERS OF ESTATES LIVE. 468